ESB Puerto Rico Corp

About the organisation

esbpr.com ESB Puerto Rico Corp is a distributor of automotive and industrial products that has served Puerto Rico since 1965 ("Energizando a Puerto Rico desde 1965"); it is headquartered in Carolina, PR, is a Hispanic-/minority-owned small business and a federal contractor (CAGE 3DPU1). Its portfolio spans automotive, traction and stationary/backup batteries, tires, lubricants and DEF, AUTEL diagnostics, tools, plus Hyundai and EP forklifts, warehouse equipment, rental, maintenance, OEM parts and e-commerce — a "one-stop source" for material handling, automotive and industrial operations in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, representing ~9 brands (including Eternity Technologies). The president is Omar Aponte; the company stays lean (under ~25 staff, ~$2M revenue) and handles ~150 sea import shipments a year, mostly from Asia.

ShellCodeX evidence assessment

Strong record · 85/100. Strong record completeness based on identity, context and retained source evidence. This score does not verify the attacker's allegation.

• A plausible organisation domain is attached to the claim.
• The record includes organisation-specific context rather than only a victim name.
• Country attribution is available for geographic context.
• Sector classification supports peer-risk comparison.
• A source listing reference is retained for traceability.

What the listing means

ESB Puerto Rico Corp appeared on the thegentlemen leak site on 30 August 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated — the attack itself is dated 28 August 2026, 1 day before the listing. This group has published 139 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.

Recommended actions

• Treat any unsolicited message referencing ESB Puerto Rico Corp as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
• If you hold an account on esbpr.com, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
• Other Energy & Utilities organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
• Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
• A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.

Leak-site evidence

Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/RVNCIFB1ZXJ0byBSaWNvIENvcnBAdGhlZ2VudGxlbWVu